Supermarine Seagull (Spec.12/40)-Development & Prototypes

[slava_trudu]

I Need help in getting some photos, drawings of this amfibian

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best regards
Alexander
[aka slava_trudu]

 

[flying-finn]

Supermarine's Seagull was an attempt to replace the antiquated Sea Otter and Walrus biplane amphibians. With variable-incidence wing and a Rolls-Royce Griffon driving contra-rotating propellers, it was an advanced design but failed to get into real production.

Part 1 Twin-Tail variant

 

[flying-finn]

Part 2 Triple-Tail variant

 

[flying-finn]

Post 3 Schemes

note the different size of the central fin of the triple-tail veriant in previous post.

 

[flying-finn]

From Air International

 

[lucamax]

Hi,
Do you have also a color profile of the aircraft?
Thank you for yout help!

 

[famvburg]

Not a color profile, but a pic if it will do.
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/OLPR7251

Hi,
Do you have also a color profile of the aircraft?
Thank you for yout help!

 

[lucamax]

Very Thanks for the information! However I have found a decent profile taken from a kit-box model ;-)

 

[Justo Miranda]

model pic here

 

[Grey Havoc]

The RAF really should have taken some into service. Ah well.

 

[Kokoro]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r06V_svnB8
Seagull in this farnborough video.

 

[hesham]

Hi,


here is the Supermarine Seagull flying boat project,which intended for Spec.
S12/40,it differs a little from the aircraft actually built,Type-381,it had a V-tail
and maybe a slender fuselage.


The British Aircraft Specifications File

 

[Schneiderman]

At first there were two versions of Type 347, this one and an alterative powered by a Bristol Taurus and with the cockpit in the wing support pylon. There may also have been a biplane version (I need to check).

 

[cluttonfred]

Was it the cockpit (for the pilot) in the pylon, an observer or engineer's station, or perhaps the gunner's station under the turret?

 

[Schneiderman]

Cockpit in the front of the pylon (where the radiator sits in the Merlin engine version), gunner in the cupola behind the engine and navigator/observer in the nose.

 

[cluttonfred]

Interesting, and an odd choice both from the noise/vibration perspective and because the windows as drawn would have given a pretty poor view.

 

[Schneiderman]

Yes, I don't see any advantage apart from a small improvement in drag, although that was probably negated by the pylon being slightly higher as the Taurus drives a single prop, compared to the Merlin's contra. Also placing the cockpit in the pylon restricted it to one seat while if it is in the nose there was space for a second, which was useful for the observer.

 

[Schneiderman]

I should also point out that both Type 347 designs lacked the variable incidence mechanism installed on the production Type 381

 

[Schneiderman]

Further to my earlier post I can now confirm that there was a third Type 347 preliminary design; a biplane with Taurus engine and cockpit in the nose.

 

[Avimimus]

Are there any surviving drawings of the version with the pilot in the wing support pylon?

Anyone have information about the turret (remote or manned? Armament?)

 

[Schneiderman]

There are just two in the RAF Museum archive, and that is probably all there ever were as the design never went beyond basic layout.

The turret is manned and holds 4 x .303 guns, type not specified

 

[Sundog]

Has anyone seen any cockpit photos are drawings of this aircraft? I'm going through my collection, but haven't found anything yet. I was just wondering if anyone here was aware of any such information. I know someone modeling one for Flight Simulator, but he can't complete the model due to the lack of information regarding the cockpit layout.

Thanks,
Ken